NUlistens is an outreach and prevention program focused on promoting student's mental and emotional well-being, delivered in partnership between Mental Health & Wellbeing. Our primary goals are to increase understanding of mental and emotional challenges that students may face during their time at Nipissing University, and to increase their knowledge about the support services available.
NUlistens is the umbrella brand for all mental health outreach and prevention at Nipissing University.
If you are in immediate danger or a life-threatening situation, CALL 911.
Students
NUlistens events and programming support students’ wholistic wellbeing by building awareness and promoting the wide range of support services available on campus. Events coordinated through NUlistens can be identified by the NUlistens logo displayed on event information and materials.
Real Talk
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Mental Strength
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Faculty and Staff
What is an NUlistener?
An NUlistener is a faculty or staff member who provides supportive non-judgmental listening to a student and will refer them to appropriate services if needed. All NUlisteners will be identified to students by an NUlistens desk sign in their office space.
Listeners must attend a 1.5 hour in-person orientation session hosted by the NUlistens team. The session will review best practices for supporting a student in distress, where to refer for specific student needs, and what additional support/training is available for NUlisteners.
You can identify faculty and staff who have been trained to respond and refer you to resources by an NUlistens sign in their work-space.
How to become an NUlistener?
Listeners must attend an in-person orientation session hosted by the NUlistens team. The session will review best practices for supporting a student in distress, where to refer for specific student needs, and what additional support/training is available for NUlisteners.
Faculty and Staff who are interested in learning more about becoming an NUlistener can contact us at mhwellbeing@nipissingu.ca for future NUlistens Orientation dates.
The role of a NUlistener
What is included in the role:
- Engaged in the wellness of the campus community
- Provide supportive non-judgmental response to students who requires support
- Provides information and referral to the student regarding appropriate resources
- Engages in ongoing learning regarding supporting students
What is not included in the role:
- Does not provide crisis services
- Does not provide counselling, therapy or treatment to a student
- Does not provide advice (unless an emergency)
- Does not promise confidentiality
NUlistens Events
NUlistens events and programming are designed to make students aware of the importance of their wholistic well-being, and the of variety of support services available to them on campus.
Students can identify events coordinated through the NUlistens program by the logo displayed alongside event information and materials.